听力填空

本听力材料来自于老托partb，partc，是公认实施有效的听写材料，对于上手托福时间不长的同学非常适合。我曾经一次短时间备考听力提高了7分也归功老托。希望大家和我一样一定要坚持下来噢。相信坚持学习的同学听力上都会有很大的飞跃！

Nopain, no gain.我们的安排是这样的，第一遍用听力软件精听材料（建议做单句听写，听写的时候不要偷看我给的挖空题），然后按照我给的挖空题填关键词，回复后即可看到听力原文和文章精解，我将把难点和易错点oneby one 分析给大家。

回复填空答案格式如下：1____2____3____...et.al.

So, why did what is now called "modern dance" begin in theUnited States? To begin to answer this question, I'll need to______a little bit and talk about classical______. By the late 1800's, ballet had lost a lot of its popularity. Most of the ballet dancers who performed in theUnited Stateswere brought over from Europe. They performed using the______techniques that had been passed down through the centuries. Audiences and dancers in the United States were eager for their own, "______" dance form. And, so, around 1900, dancers created one. So, how was this "modern" dance so different from classical ballet? Well, most notably, it wasn't carefully______. Instead, the dance depended on the______and free, personal expression of the dancers. Music and______were of little importance to the "modern" dance, and______of movement wasn't important either. In fact, modern dancers made no attempt at all to______the effort involved in a dance step. But even if improvisation appealed to audiences, many dance critics were less than enthusiastic about the performances. They questioned the artistic integrity of dancers who were not professionally trained and the artistic value of works that had no formal structure. Loie Fuller, after performing Fire Dance, was described as doing little more than turning "round and round like an______." Yet, the free, personal expression of the______dancers is the basis of the "____________" of modern dance today.

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【填空答案】

1. backtrack: v. （由原路）返回，后退
2. ballet: n. ［C］芭蕾舞
3. rigid: adj. 严格的
4. contemporary: adj. 当代的
5. choreograph: v. 设计舞蹈动作，精心编排
6. improvisation: n. 即席创作
7. scenery: n. 舞台布景
8. lightness: n. 轻盈，灵活
9. conceal: v. 隐藏
10. eggbeater: n. ［C］打蛋器
11. pioneer: adj. 先驱，创始人
12. controlledfreedom: 克制的自由

【听力原文】

So, why did what is now called "modern dance" begin in the United States? To begin to answer this question, I'll need to backtrack a little bit and talk about classical ballet.
By the late 1800's, ballet had lost a lot of its popularity. Most of the ballet dancers who performed in the United States were brought over from Europe. They performed using the rigid techniques that had been passed down through the centuries. Audiences and dancers in the United States were eager for their own, "contemporary" dance form. And, so, around 1900, dancers created one.
So, how was this "modern" dance so different from classical ballet? Well, most notably, it wasn't carefully choreographed. Instead, the dance depended on the improvisation and free, personal expression of the dancers. Music and scenery were of little importance to the "modern" dance --- and lightness of movement wasn't important either. In fact, modern dancers made no attempt at all to conceal the effort involved in a dance step.
But even if improvisation appealed to audiences, many dance critics were less than enthusiastic about the performances. They questioned the artistic integrity of dancers who were not professionally trained and the artistic value of works that had no formal structure. Loie Fuller, after performing Fire Dance, was described as doing little more than turning "round and round like an eggbeater." Yet, the free, personal expression of the pioneer dancers is the basis of the "controlled freedom" of modern dance today.

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那么，为什么现在所谓“现代舞”开始在美国吗？开始回答这个问题，我需要回溯一点点，谈论古典芭蕾舞剧。
到1800年底，芭蕾已经失去了很多的受欢迎程度。大多数在美国演出的芭蕾舞演员是从欧洲带过来。他们进行严格的技术，已通过世纪。在美国的观众和舞者渴望自己的“当代”的舞蹈形式。和，因此，在1900年左右，舞蹈家创造了一个。
因此，如何为这个“现代”的舞蹈，从古典芭蕾不同？好了，最特别的是，它没有精心编排。相反，依靠即兴和自由，表达舞者的个人舞蹈。意义不大的“现代”的舞蹈，音乐和风景---动作的轻盈并不重要。事实上，现代舞者都没有试图隐瞒在舞步中所涉及的努力。
但是，即使即兴呼吁观众，许多舞蹈评论家们不到表演的热情。他们质疑，谁没有受过专业训练的舞者和艺术价值的作品，有没有正式的结构艺术的完整性。洛伊富勒，火舞表演后，被形容比转向“像打蛋器轮和圆形。”做多一点然而，先锋舞蹈家，自由的个人表达的是“控制的自由”现代舞今天的基础。

祝大家每天进步一点点！

AmyLee